See Also: endobronchial tube(medicine)
endobronchial(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Humoral(medicine)
humoral(dictionary)
humoral antibodies(medicine)
humoral theory(medicine)
humoral pathology(medicine)
Humoral immunity(health)
humoral immunity(medicine)

humoral doctrine (medicine) and endobronchial tube (medicine)


humoral doctrine (medicine)


humoral doctrine


The ancient Greek theory of the four body humors (blood, yellow and black bile, and phlegm) that determined Health and disease. The humors were associated with the four elements (air, fire, earth, and water), which in turn corresponded to a pair of the qualities (hot, cold, dry, and moist). A proper and evenly balanced mixture of the humors was characteristic of Health of body and mind; an imperfect balance resulted in disease. Temperament of body or mind also was supposed to be determined, e.g., sanguine (blood), choleric (yellow bile), melancholic (black bile), or phlegmatic (phlegm).

Synonym: fluidism, humoralism, humorism.


endobronchial tube (medicine)


endobronchial tube


A single or double lumen tube with an inflatable cuff at the distal end that, after being passed through the larynx and trachea, is positioned so that ventilation is restricted to one lung; a single lumen tube is placed in the main stem bronchus of the lung; a double lumen tube is positioned at the tracheal carina to permit ventilation of either or both lungs.